57032 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 161 / Tuesday, August 22, 2023 / Proposed Rules 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. Amend § 73.622, by adding in the 

table in paragraph (j), under California, 

in alphabetical order the entry for 

‘‘Colusa’’ to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

California 

* * * * * 

Colusa ................................... * 2 

* * * * * 

* * * * * 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

47 CFR Part 73 

[MB Docket No. 23–279; RM–11956; DA 23– 

703; FR ID 165046] 

Television Broadcasting Services 

Tulare, California 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Proposed rule. 

SUMMARY: The Commission has before it 

a petition for rulemaking filed by One 

Ministries, Inc. (Petitioner), requesting 

the allotment of reserved 

noncommercial educational (NCE) 

channel *3 to Tulare, California as the 

community’s first local television 

service. 

DATES: Comments must be filed on or 

before September 21, 2023 and reply 

comments on or before October 6, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 45 

L Street NE, Washington, DC 20554. In 

addition to filing comments with the 

FCC, interested parties should serve 

counsel for the Petitioner as follows: 

James L. Oyster, Esq., 108 Oyster Lane, 

Castleton, Virginia 22716. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joyce Bernstein, Media Bureau, at (202) 

418–1647; or Joyce Bernstein, Media 

Bureau, at Joyce.Bernstein@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Petitioner contends that Tulare is a 

community deserving of a new 

television broadcast service. In support, 

the Petitioner states that Tulare, with a 

2020 population of 70,733 was founded 

in 1872 by the Southern Pacific Railroad 

and is in the heart of agricultural San 

Joaquin Valley, halfway between Los 

Angeles and San Francisco. 

Tulare is known for its agricultural 

production and home to the nation’s 

largest single-site dairy complex. The 

Petitioner further states that Tulare has 

a mayor and five council members; 

police, public works, planning, 

engineering, and community and 

economic development departments; a 

library, school district, and numerous 

businesses and places of worship. The 

Petitioner states its intention to file an 

application for channel *3, if allotted, 

and take all necessary steps to obtain a 

construction permit. The proposed 

amendment to the Table of TV 

Allotments warrants consideration. The 

Petitioner’s proposal would result in a 

first local service to Tulare under 

Priority (2) of the Commission’s 

television allotment priority standard. 

The Petitioner demonstrates, and a 

Bureau staff engineering analysis 

confirms, that channel *3 can be 

allotted to Tulare, California, consistent 

with the minimum geographic spacing 

requirements for new allotments in 

section 73.623(d) of the Commission’s. 

This is a synopsis of the 

Commission’s Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking, MB Docket No. 23–279; 

RM–11956; DA 23–703, adopted August 

16, 2023, and released August 16, 2023. 

The full text of this document is 

available for download at https://

www.fcc.gov/edocs. To request materials 

in accessible formats (braille, large 

print, computer diskettes, or audio 

recordings), please send an email to 

FCC504@fcc.gov or call the Consumer & 

Government Affairs Bureau at (202) 

418–0530 (VOICE), (202) 418–0432 

(TTY). 

This document does not contain 

information collection requirements 

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act 

of 1995, Public Law 104–13. In addition, 

therefore, it does not contain any 

proposed information collection burden 

‘‘for small business concerns with fewer 

than 25 employees,’’ pursuant to the 

Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 

2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(4). Provisions of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act of 1980, 5 U.S.C. 601– 

612, do not apply to this proceeding. 

Members of the public should note 

that all ex parte contacts are prohibited 

from the time a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking is issued to the time the 

matter is no longer subject to 

Commission consideration or court 

review, see 47 CFR 1.1208. There are, 

however, exceptions to this prohibition, 

which can be found in Section 1.1204(a) 

of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR 

1.1204(a). See Sections 1.415 and 1.420 

of the Commission’s rules for 

information regarding the proper filing 

procedures for comments, 47 CFR 1.415 

and 1.420. 

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73 

Television. 

Federal Communications Commission. 

Thomas Horan, 

Chief of Staff, Media Bureau. 

Proposed Rule 

For the reasons discussed in the 

preamble, the Federal Communications 

Commission proposes to amend 47 CFR 

part 73 as follows: 

PART 73—RADIO BROADCAST 

SERVICE 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 73 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 155, 301, 303, 

307, 309, 310, 334, 336, 339. 

■ 2. Amend § 73.622, by adding in the 

table in paragraph (j), under California, 

in alphabetical order the entry for 

‘‘Tulare’’ to read as follows: 

§ 73.622 Digital television table of 

allotments. 

* * * * * 

(j) * * * 

Community Channel No. 

* * * * * 

California 

* * * * * 

Tulare .................................... * 3 

* * * * * 

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